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An Empirical Study on the Structural Relationship among Gender Discrimination, Organization Commitment and Organizational Citizenship Behavior in the Korean Shipping Firms

  • Shin Yong-John
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.29 no.9
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    • pp.807-812
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    • 2005
  • The objective of this study is to empirically investigate the effect of gender discrimination to female workers in Korean shipping firms on the their organization commitment and organizational citizenship behavior. In carrying out the objective of this study, two hypotheses about the structural relationship among gender discrimination, organization commitment and organizational citizenship behaviors in the Korean shipping firms are established after reviewing the related studies. Survey questionnaires are distributed and analyzed to test the reliability and validity of the response. Also, a structural equation model is established and the model is analyzed by AMOS. In conclusion, there are a negative effect of gender discrimination on female workers' organizational commitment and a positive effect of their commitment on OCB. Through this paper, the comprehensive understanding of the structural relationship among gender discrimination, organization commitment and organizational citizenship behavior would be promoted.

The Effects of discrimination abuser experiences and discrimination victim experiences on consciousness of Human Rights's at community children centers : Mediating Effects of Self-Esteem

  • Bang, Sung-a
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.24 no.5
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    • pp.163-170
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    • 2019
  • The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of discrimination abuser experiences and discrimination victim experiences on the human rights consciousness of children in community children, In order to understand the role of self-esteem as a mediating role between these two variables, And to find practical and policy implications. For this purpose, we selected 662 elementary school sixth graders who participated in the second panel of the community children's center, the third year (2016), as the sample and used the structural equation model validation method. As a result of this study: First, the experience of discrimination abuser against children in the community children's center has negative effects on self - esteem. Second, the self-esteem of children in the community children's center showed a statistically significant effect on human rights consciousness. Third, the experiences of child discrimination abuse and discrimination of local children's centers showed significant influence on children's consciousness of human rights through self - esteem. In conclusion, we proposed practical use measures to promote positive emotional development and human rights consciousness of children in community children's centers.

A Structural Representation of Handwritings for Automatic On-line Signature Verification (온라인 서명 검증을 위한 필기의 구조적 표현)

  • Kim, Seong-Hoon
    • Journal of the Korea Society for Simulation
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.147-154
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    • 2005
  • In conventional approaches such as a functinal approach or a parametric approach to online signature verification, which could not deal with the local shape of signature, much various important informations inherent in the local part of signature shape have been overlooked. In this paper, we try a structural approach in which a signature is represented as a structural form of handwriting primitives and the local parts along a signature handwriting can be selectively compared according to their discrimination power in the process of signature verification, As a result, the error rate is diminished in the case that the weights of subpattern units is applied into comparing process, which is the degree of discrimination power of local part. And also, the global variation and complexity of each signature extracted from the analysis of local shape is found useful in determining the decision threshold more precisely.

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Gender in Medical Training and Academic Medicine

  • Lee, Hak-Seung;Lee, Chang-Woo
    • Korean Medical Education Review
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.54-58
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    • 2013
  • There has been an increase in the number of female doctors worldwide. Women now represent half of all medical students, with almost the same numbers of men and women becoming physicians. There is a pool of talented women in our midst, and it is our responsibility as leaders to find those individuals and groom them for progress. However, residency training and academic education still resemble the historical model when there were few women in medicine. Gender differences in medical specialty choices can cause a maldistribution of doctors by specialty and geographical area, which could cause significant problems at the national health care system level. Major challenges facing female physicians include gender discrimination and sexual harassment, and work/family conflicts. Women are largely under-represented in academic medicine and experience discrimination in the academic environments. Recent issues about related to the "feminization of medicine" raise important questions forabout how academic medicine deals with gender issues. To better accommodate the needs of female doctors and ensure that they will have successful careers, structural and cultural changes to medical educations are needed.

Predictors of Positive Changes in Children with Divorced Parents: Focused on Moderating Effects of Family Incomes (이혼 가정 자녀의 긍정적 변화에 영향을 미치는 변인 분석: 가구 소득의 조절효과)

  • Choi, Hyo-Sik
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.19 no.6
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    • pp.465-475
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    • 2018
  • The purpose of this study was to explore predictors of positive changes in children with divorced parents and to demonstrate the structural path among the perceived experience of social discrimination, parenting difficulties, parent-child communication, and internet use of children that related to positive changes based on family incomes. The subjects for this study were 1,114 single parents from divorced families sourced from a study on the status of single-parent families in 2015. The results of this study by using the structural equation model of the moderating effect verification with family incomes and multi group analysis are as follows. First, single-parent's perceived experience of social discrimination turned had a significant positive effect on parenting difficulties( =.354) and children's internet use ( =.234). Single-parent's perceived parenting difficulties also had a significant positive effect on children's internet use ( =.440) but a significant negative effect on both parent-child communication( =.192) and positive changes of children( =.218). Interestingly, internet use of children demonstrated a significant negative effect on their positive changes. Second, parent-child communication, parenting difficulties, and children's internet use had a negative mediating effect with the relationship where single-parent's perceived experience of social discrimination had an effect on positive changes of children( =.167). Second, between the family groups based on family incomes, there was no statistically significant difference in the structural relationship. Based on these results, this study presented a practical proposal to help single parents not experience social discrimination and to help decrease the internet use of children to improve positive changes.

Analysis of Discriminant Accuracy of Estimated Load Carrying Capacity in Bridges (교량 추정 내하율 판별 정확도 분석)

  • Kyu San Jung;Dong Woo Seo;Byeong Cheol Kim;Gun Soo Kim;Ki Tae Park;Woo Jong Kim
    • Journal of Korean Society of Disaster and Security
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.123-128
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    • 2023
  • This paper presents the results of an analysis of the discrimination accuracy of a bridge load carrying capacity estimation model based on data from inspection reports. The load carrying rate estimation model was derived using statistical methods through the collection of 2,161 inspection reports. By entering the bridge specifications and maintenance information, you can check the estimated load carrying capacity of the bridge. In order to verify the discrimination accuracy of the estimated load carrying rate model, the estimated load carrying rate was compared with the load carrying rate in the inspection and diagnosis report for 164 public bridges for which data was available. Although there are differences depending on the bridge type, the results were obtained with an accuracy of over 80% in determining the estimated load carrying capacity.

Experienced Discrimination and Volunteering among the Second Baby Boom Generation - The Mediating Roles of Perceived Equal Opportunity and Achievement by Personal Merit (차별경험이 2차 베이비붐 세대의 자원봉사참여에 미치는 영향: 기회평등과 노력성취에 대한 인지적 평가를 중심으로)

  • Yoon, Ye-In;Lee, Hyunmin;Kim, Wook-Jin
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.205-222
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    • 2019
  • In this study, we explored the relationship between experienced discrimination and volunteering activities among the $2^{nd}$ baby boom generation. Specifically, applying structural equation modeling, we examined how the effect of experienced discrimination on volunteering among the $2^{nd}$ baby boom generation is mediated by the negative perception of equal opportunity and achievement by personal merit. Data were obtained from the 2016 National Survey on Unequal Opportunity from the Circle Foundation. The research sample was comprised of 474 baby boomers ages 42 to 48 at the time of survey. Results indicated that perceived discrimination affects the level of volunteering among the $2^{nd}$ baby boom generation, through the negative perception of equal opportunity and achievement by personal merit. Based on the findings, we presented policy implications that could promote volunteering activities among the $2^{nd}$ baby boom generation.

Mediating Effect of Sense of Loss and Depression on the Relationship between Discrimination Experiences and Suicidal Ideation of the Elderly (노인의 차별경험과 자살생각 간의 관계에 대한 상실감, 우울감의 매개효과)

  • Lee, Eun-A
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.19 no.12
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    • pp.541-548
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    • 2021
  • This study analyzed the path through which elderly discrimination experience, sense of loss, and depression lead to suicidal ideation by verifying the influence of elderly discrimination experience on suicidal ideation and the mediating effect sense of loss and depression. The subjects of the study were a 1:1 in-depth interview survey of 400 elderly people aged 65 or older using stratified sampling methods by region and type of 31 city, county, and district the elderly welfare welfare centers(10 locations) in Gyeonggi-do. As a result, a total of 360 samples were finally analyzed. It was verified through frequency analysis, descriptive statistics analysis, correlation analysis, structural equation and bootstrapping analysis methods using SPSS 25.0 and AMOS 23.0. As a result of the study, first, it was found that the more the elderly experienced discrimination, the higher the suicidal ideation. Second, the effect of sense of loss was partially mediated on the effect of discrimination experience on suicidal ideation in the elderly. Third, the feeling of depression was found to play a partial mediating role between the experience of discrimination among the elderly and suicidal ideation. Based on the results of this study, policy and practical suggestions were made to alleviate the suicidal ideation of experiences of discrimination against the elderly and sense of loss and depression to prevent suicide among the elderly.

Study on the effects of the male elderly's age discrimination experiences on their perception of the elderly and attitude toward the old age life -Examination of mediation effects of family function and peer relations- (남성노인의 차별경험이 노인인식 및 노년기 태도에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구 - 가족기능과 동년배관계의 매개효과 검증 -)

  • Nam, Seok In
    • 한국노년학
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.1297-1315
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    • 2008
  • Elderly males in retirement experiencing a change in their social status and role in the family are likely to develop negative perception toward the elderly and the elderly life. The purpose of this study is to examine how the experiences of age discrimination affect elderly male's perception and his attitude towards the elderly life, and to verify the mediation effects of the family and peer relations, which would necessitate the need for social welfare intervention. 215 participants, the elderly men registered at the welfare centers in Seoul Metropolitan area, participated in this research utilizing the structural equation modeling to verify the mediation effect. The findings are as follows. First, the elderly males's experiences of age discrimination is found not to have a significant effect on their perception towards the elderly. Second, the elderly males' discrimination experience has a significant effect on their attitude towards the elderly life. Third, it is found out that family function and peer relationship has complete mediation effect on the perception on the elderly experiencing discrimination in their perception towards the elderly life. Fourth, the family function and peer relationship has partial mediation effect on the elderly male experiencing discrimination in their attitude toward their life after retirement. This shows that more efforts are needed to reduce discrimination towards the elderly, and that strong family function and peer relations help the elderly to develop more positive perception and attitude towards the elderly life. In conclusion, it proposes an institutional approach towards the problem as well as increased support for elderly welfare service including family counseling intended to strengthen family function and alternative family, and more active social activities aimed at strengthening of peer relationship.

Awareness and social psychological phenomenon for the elderly -The Structural Analysis of the film 'Miss Granny'- (노인에 대한 인식과 사회심리현상 -영화 '수상한 그녀'의 구조분석-)

  • Lee, Hyun-Sim;Han, Eun-Hwa
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.283-294
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    • 2015
  • Through the film 'Miss Granny', we analyzed a variety of structures. Social awareness of the cultural content of the film shown in the form of elderly social psychology, combination of approaches, role structural analysis of the people around centered the main character, acceleration structure analysis of the people around, the atmosphere structural analysis according to the environment of the people around. By these analysis, the elderly mentality was noticed by sociological theory related to the elderly. The formation of negative stereotypes and perceptions in what young people have a bias and unconscious, conscious discrimination against the elderly was mentioned in conclusion. Because the positive changes in recognition of the elderly is necessary, collective prejudice should be eliminated. The social atmosphere composition that can empathize with the sentiment of the elderly in the pursuit of youth and the necessity to develop generation integrated social programs with that younger generation and older generation sympathize together were suggested. were heartfelt suggested.